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Kirk v. First American Title Insurance Co.

Law firm is not automatically vicariously disqualified from conflict of interest of one attorney and may rebut disqualification with proper ethical screening.





Cite as

2010 DJDAR 6762

Published

May 10, 2010

Filing Date

May 6, 2010


PATRICK KIRK et al

PATRICK KIRK et al.,

Plaintiffs and Respondents,

v.

THE FIRST AMERICAN TITLE

INSURANCE COMPANY et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

 

No. B218956

(Los Angeles County

Super. Ct. Nos. BC372797,

BC329482, BC370141, BC382826)

California Courts of Appeal

Second Appellate District

Division Three

Filed May 6, 2010

 

ORDER MODIFYING OPINION
[NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT]

 

THE COURT:

 

     It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on April 7, 2010 is modified as follows:

 

     On page 5, line five, delete the words "hundreds of," and replace them with the word "multiple."  As modified, the sentence beginning at the end of line four reads:  "The First American team defended multiple depositions and reviewed hundreds of thousands of pages of documents."

 

     There is no change in the judgment.

 

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